Malinda V. Longphre

Novartis Corp. manufactures pharmaceuticals, vaccines, consumer health, generics, eye care and animal health products. It manufactures drugs for oncology, hypertension, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The company was founded on November 15, 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Bayer Corp. manufactures and markets pharmaceutical, healthcare, nutrition and materials products. The firm offers consumer care, diagnostics, diabetes and animal health products. It also provides material science products, which include coating, adhesive and sealant raw materials polycarbonates polyurethanes and thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers. The company was founded in 1973 and is based in Whippany, NJ.

Aerovance, Inc. develops drugs for respiratory and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Jeffrey Howard Tepper and Wolf-Dieter Busse in July 29, 2004 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Oriel Therapeutics, Inc. develops inhaled drug delivery systems for respiratory diseases and diagnostics. It is a respiratory drug delivery and development company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and diagnostic industries in the development and commercialization of innovative pre-metered unit and multi-dose dry powder delivery systems for medicines for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The company was founded by Paul J. Atkins, Timothy M. Crowder, Richard Fuller and Anthony J. Hickey in 2002 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.